Empires Of New York
Empires Of New York is a TV show on SBS ONE. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in April 2025.
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41:27Empires Of New York
At the end of our story, each of our characters is being eulogized as they await their sentencing or lick their wounds from humiliating public defeats. But even as the public cheers their demise, the redefinition of the American dream that they created, an impossible standard of...
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41:27Black Monday hits, and the great bull market of the 1980s comes crashing down. The fantastic wealth on display is proving to be just as fleeting as our character's immunity, and the walls are closing in on them. Some decide to play their last, best hand and escape with their spoils. Others feel too invincible to let realit...
41:27The loyalty of allies and co-conspirators has aided and abetted the meteoric ascents of our characters. But as the empires begin to crumble, it's every man and woman for themselves. There is no honour among thieves when there's a willingness to betray even those complicit in the corruption. In the new American dream, self-...
41:22By the mid-80s, our five icons ruthlessly lord over their empires with seemingly nothing and no one to keep them in check. As tabloid journalism explodes, they embrace becoming a new type of celebrity, validated by a fawning public that fantasises about living that way too. The insatiable quest for fame becomes an insidiou...
41:21As the heady days of the early 1980s march on, and the party is in full swing, our characters reap the vast financial rewards of their new way of doing business. They crave the intoxicating high of success, and they are celebrated by New York for it. Blinded by their own ambition, they begin to cross ethical and legal boun...
41:27Set amid the grit, greed, and glory of 1980s New York, Empires of New York chronicles the meteoric rise of five icons - Ivan Boesky, Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley, Rudy Giuliani and John Gotti - who not only reshaped the city but contributed mightily to the world we live in today. Drawing on exclusive interviews, never-befo...